Machine for pressing hats.



No. 694,756. Patented Mar. 4,- 1902.

C. H. KLINGER &. J. J. REYNDLDS.

MACHINE FUR vP BESSING HATS.

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cYRUs n. KLiNeER ANDfJAMEs J. REYNOLDS, or PmLADELPniA, PENN- 4sYLv-ANIA, AssIGNoRs PENNSYLVANIA.

TO SIEGMUND PRINCE, OF PHILAELPHIA,

MACHINE FOR! PREsslN/G HATS'.

SPECIFICATION forming pare @f Ler-.teregratene No. c9435@ dai-.d March 4, 19o2.

A Application filed September 3, 1901;v Serial Nomi-4,671. (No model.) l

and JAMES J. REYNoLDs,eitzens ofthe United States, and residents of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsyl- Vania, have invented a nevi' and useful Machine for Pressing Hats, of'gwhich the follow- The object of our invention is to provide improved means-for. holding the material to be operated upon during the operation of;V

pressing and shaping in. such manner as to permit of a sufficient yielding or giving of the material to form the shape required. In this 'way we dispense with the necessity of having the material held and stretched bythe hands of operators during the process of pressing and shaping, as is the'present practice.

O'ur apparatus comprises three elements,-

one recessed for the crown,with marginal surface for the rim, one provided with a crown 'projection corresponding with the recess of 'the rst element and having a surrounding,

surface for the rim, and one intermediate the other elements for securing the material in place during the operation of pressing.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure-1 is a front elevation of our machine. Fig. 2is

a perspective view of memberB; Fig. 3` is a Fig. i is ay perspective view ofv member 2.

perspective view ofmember 1. Fig. 5 is a vertical section, enlarged,"on line 5 5 of-Fig. 1,

except that the reciprocating parts have been depressed, so that member 2 has come in'to engagement with thel felt'fuponY member 1; and Fig. 6 is a similar view, eYc'eptv thatthe reciprocating parts are shown in the position When the operation is completed. p

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views. l' In the apparatus shown in the drawings the. memberl is'stationary and supported upon the tablel2l by any suitable means. This member l is provided With the recess 4 for the crown and the marginal surface 5 for the rim of the hat-. Said rim-surface 5 is raised above the 4surrounding surface of the member. Upon this surrounding depressed surface are provided elongated recesses or slotslththerefbeing two pairs, one of each disposed diame'trically opposite the other.

The member 3 in the apparatus shown is adapted to reciprocate vertically, being sup-' ported bythe rods 18, adjustably secured by the nuts 19 to the yoke 15, said yoke 15 being supported by rods'i); the adjustment of yoke l5A upon rods 9 being secured by the nuts l1.

The member 3 is provided with the crown projection 8, adapted to cooperate with the crownrecess 4E of member 1 and having a surrounding'surface let', (see Fig. 5,) adapted to conform to andy coperatewith the surface 5 of member l.

'Ifhe intermediate member 2 is supported on the rods 16, vwhich are secured to the frame 10, which is bolted to the yoke 15. Member 2 has a limited free movement upon said rods 16. The compression-springs 2O surround the rods 16 and have operative engagement between frame 10 and member2 for the purpose hereinafter described. This member 2 is ring-shaped, and its inner margin is adapted to iit the outer margin of the rim-surface '5 of "member 1, so that said member 2 will 'superimpose the depressed surrounding surface of member v1. l Upon the under copeu ating surface of member 2 are provided ridges vor projections 7, similarly disposed and adapt- 'ed to coperate With-the recesses or slots 6 of member'l for the purpose hereinafter described. The reciprocation of the rods 9 and frame Y10 and the yoke 15 and the consequent movement of members 2 and 3 is accomplished bythe operation of the pedal or lever 22, which is connected through link 23 to crosspiece 24, which issecured to the lower extension of rods 9, asV shown in Fig. 1. l `The operation ofy our device is asfollows': By the operation of the lever orvpedal 22 in one direction the yoke 15 is raised, carrying with it the members 2 and 3, member 2 being raised severalinches abovethe surface of member 1. The felt 17 or other material to beoperated upon Ais placed over member 1. The yoke 15 'then being lowered, member 2 rst engages the felt against member 1, as shown in Fig. 5, the cooperating recesses and projections G and 7 securing the felt firmly at the said four points of cooperation, and as the yoke continues to descend the springs 2O increase their compression` to correspondingly increase efficiency of the recess-and-projection engagement of the felt' until the member 3 has reached the limit of its downward movement, as shown in Fig. 6, to form crown and rim of the hat. The purpose ot the recess-and-projection engagement of the material at four equal distant points is to hold the material iriuly and evenly in a manner similar to that in which the material was formerly held at four points by the hands of two operators, so that such portion as must give to the pressure may be given or yielded in the process of pressing. This recess-and-projection engagement is automatic, and while it permits such yielding of the materialas is necessary to be yielded between said points of cooperating engagement the said engagement is more eiicient and precise than that secured by hand and affords a greater economy of material used. It also saves the time of the operators, and a consequent greater eiciency in production of the machine. The said members or elements are heated in the usual manner for drying and setting the material while under pressure.

What we claim is-' l. In an apparatus for pressing hats the combination of cooperating elements for crown and rim land a vertically-movable spring-compressed member surrounding one of the cooperating elements and having recessand-projection engagementwith the other cooperating element as means for securing the material to be pressed at evenly-disposed disconnected points prior to and during said pressing, substantially as described.

2. In an apparatus for pressing hats the combination of cooperating elements for crown and rim and a verticallymovable spring-compressed member surrounding one ofthe cooperating elements and having recessand-projection engagement with the other cooperating elementas means for securing the material to be pressed at evenly-disposed disconnected points prior to and during said pressing with a constantly-increasing etticiency during the operation, substantially as described.

3. In an apparatus for pressing hats the combination of cooperating crown and rim forming elements and a verticallymovable spring-compressed member intermediate said two cooperating elements adapted to surround oue of said elements and having recessand-projection engagement with the other said element as means for securing the material at two pairs of oppositely-disposed points prior to and during the operation of pressing, substantially as described.

4. In a hat-pressing machine the combination of cooperating crown and rim forming elements, an intermediate member adapted to surround one of said elements and having recess-and-projection engagement with the other said element at evenly-disposed but disconnected points around the margin of the rim-surface and means for operating said elements so that the material to be operated upon is secured by said recess-and-projection engagement prior to and during the operation of pressing, substantially as described.

5. In a hat-pressing machine the combination of cooperating crown and rim forming elements, means for causing their cooperation and a vertically-movable spring-compressed intermediate member adapted to surround one element and to have recess-and-projection engagement with the other said element as means for automatically securing the material to be operated upon at a plurality of disconnected points around its margin prior to and during the cooperation of the crown and rim forming elements, substantially as described.

6. In a hat-pressing machine the combination of cooperating crown and rim forming elements, means for causing their cooperation and a vertically-movable spring-compressed intermediate member adapted to surround one element and to have recess-and-projection engagement with the other said element as means for automatically securing the material to be operated upon at a plurality of disconnected pointsaround its margin prior to and during the cooperation of the crown and rim forming elements, with a constantly-increasing efficiency during the operation substantially as described.

7. In an apparatus for pressing hats the combination of a member recessed for the crown with a surrounding rim-surface, a second member having a cooperating projection conforming with said crown-recess and a cooperating rim-surface, means for causing the reciprocation of one member to and from the IOC other and means for automatically securing the material to be operated upon at evenlydisposed disconnected points about its margin prior to and during the operation of pressing, substantially as described.

8. In an apparatus for pressing hats the combination of two cooperating crown and rim forming elements one provided with a recess for the crown and a surrounding surface for the rim with evenly-disposed disconnected combination of two cooperating crown and rim forming elements one provided with a recess for the crown and a surrounding surface for the rim with evenly-disposed disconnected IIC rec

slots around the margin of the rim, the other provided with cooperating Crown projection and rim-surface and means for reciprocating one member to and from tbe'other and an in@ termediate member adapted to surround. the rim-surface of the first member having projeetions corresponding with and adaptedvto cooperate with the slots intherst member andmeans for reciprocatingsaid intermediate memberto and from 4said irst member with constantly-increasingspring-exerted pressure during the operation of forming, substan-A tialiy as described.

A10. Inan apparatus for pressing hats the combination of two cooperating crown and rim forming elements, one element providedY with evenly-disposed disconnected slots outside themargin of the rim-surface, and a reciprooating intermediate spring-compressed member having projections corresponding with said slots and adapted to cooperate there- CYRUSH.A KLINGER,Y y 'Ji AMES J .i REYNOLDS.

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